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B. Teacher #80 def. P. Gerken #199

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 18, 1977*
Tournament	Laguna Niguel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	B. Teacher
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	P. Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Teacher	P. Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Mar 15, 1950
Age	22	27
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	80	199
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,616
Career W-L	338–237	124–129
Career earnings	$1,426,514	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Teacher 0 – 1 P. Gerken

Path

B. Teacher's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

B. Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1977	QF	T. Leonard	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

P. Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1977	R32	E. Teltscher	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data